There's a fascinating exercise in the New York Times , to look at a painting for 10 minutes. They put up text for a minute so to me it was only 9 minutes because I read for a minute. But it was interesting. I noticed a lot and I really liked it. BTW that painting was Nocturne in Blue and Silver by Whistler, in the Harvard Museum. It was a meaningful experience for me. I want to learn more about Whistler. But today I came across Death In The Sick Room , by Edvard Munch, and I looked at it for quite a while. I think my favorite is Train Smoke: I read there's film about him from 1974.